How To Help Your Doctor Quit Wasting Money

Nearly 100 medical procedures, tests and therapies are overused and often unnecessary, a coalition of leading medical societies says in a new report aimed at improving healthcare and controlling runaway costs.
The medical interventions – including early cesarean deliveries, CT scans for head injuries in children and annual Pap tests for middle-aged women – may be necessary in some cases, the physician groups said. But often they are not beneficial and may even cause harm.